The Lifelong Museum Learning project is born out of
the fact that museums and other non-formal learning
environments have a lot to off er in terms of bringing
education closer to citizens and in providing learning
opportunities for everyone.
As part of this project, museums all over Europe set out to
review and revise their relationship with society and local
communities. They launched signifi cant actions to create
social change and integration, as well as to get more
people interested in education.
Although some museums have started community projects,
this shift in focus needs to be supported by supplying the
necessary skills and expertise to educational staff at even
more institutions. The innovation necessary for opening
up to new audiences (adult learners in particular) requires
a major commitment to training initiatives by museum
educators.
The Lifelong Museum Learning project addresses museum
educators and cultural mediators in charge of adult education
in museums. It is also targeted at institutions willing
to develop programmes for adults, to be implemented in
museums themselves. The project focuses on designing
and delivering training materials to support museum
educators in this new challenge. To this end, project activities
are based on practices and case studies developed
at the European level, and on the expertise and contributions
of experienced trainers in the fi eld.
Two training courses for museum educational staff were
organised in the project’s framework and off ered museum
practitioners the opportunity to further develop their
skills for working with under-represented segments of the
European public. The courses also provided participants
the possibility to exchange experiences with colleagues
in diff erent countries and institutional frameworks.
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